This article is a continuation of How to Not Want Things and Still Be Happy. In that article I argued that craving creates pain, and that the solution is to focus on the entire process instead of just the goal. This may seem obvious, but in practice it is difficult to do. In this article […]
How to Not Want Things and Still Be Happy
The Buddha once claimed that desire creates suffering. On the surface this seems to make sense. You feel pain when you don’t get what you want. The solution, in Buddhism, is to cease desiring things and therefore your suffering will end. Somehow, that doesn’t feel right. Sure, desire may create pain, but doesn’t it also […]
Save the World and Improve Your Life at the Same Time
Helping the environment and helping yourself don’t have to be in conflict. Although I wouldn’t consider myself to be much of a tree-hugger, I actually do a lot of the things environmentalists recommend for a sustainable future. I’d like to list a few of those things and others you can do to save the world […]
Site Maintenance
If you’ve stopped by the website you might notice I’ve reverted back to an old theme. This has been an unintended side-effect of upgrading to WordPress 2.3 which broke my standard theme. I’ll be spending the weekend trying to fix the problems with it, but I’m still not sure of the extent of the damage. […]
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